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How did stupidpol become such a shithole so quickly?

Stupidpol was a sub I used pretty often until I was banned for dunking a mod in an argument over corn production.

What I've noticed however is the sub has basically decayed into nothing other than crude antiestablishmentarian bullshit and right-wing idpol.

Seemingly people that position themselves to deal with left-wing idpol invariably fall to right-wing idpol they can't even identify really. At this point the sub seems to exist exclusively to strawman the DNC while steel-manning the GOP.

It's not uncommon to see comments there claiming Tucker Carlson is a man of the people, or Donald Trump "cared about working class people." Even more bizarre is how they'll twist and distort themselves into knots trying to attack democratic policy they'd otherwise support - I saw more than a few comments claiming the infrastructure bill was bad for various reasons they never fully explained.

Other times they'll work themselves into a frenzy trying to explain how socially conservative rurals neck deep in white idpol are somehow more in line with their views than urban liberals.

It's like the sub is just infested with social conservatives that also enjoy healthcare and weed.

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How did stupidpol become such a shithole so quickly?

Because it is on Reddit. :marseysnoo:

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Succinct..... undeniable

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How did stupidpol become such a shithole so quickly?

When was it not?

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I mean it was always kind of sketchy - but there seems to have been a serious right-wing shift there post the 2020 election. Early on the mods took steps to crush the male idpol that was heavily present.

You used to be able to find ok discussion there - now it's just a bunch of social conservatives making r-slurred arguments that go basically uncontested.

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stupidpol is a shithole

wtf I agree with pizzashill?

pizzashill explains why he thinks stupidpol is a shithole

Oh, I'm safe. Stupidpol has moved more towards what you want since summer, mods have cracked down on any kind of fun, disagreement with mods (especially gucci), and posts which might generate interesting discussion. Pro-Trump or Tucker sentiment is at an all-time low while users still complain like it's a constant force. Mods have made the sub boring but the sub isn't smart enough to provide interesting discussion or commentary so it's just a gray waste of sad pointlessness.

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It's not uncommon to see comments there claiming Tucker Carlson is a man of the people, or Donald Trump "cared about working class people."

The 0.1% allying with the 95% to frick the 4.9% over is not super rare in history.

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Yeah, but they aren't allied. Tucker very much works for his own social class, not the people.

This is an elite v elite culture war being played out in the media and normal people have tricked themselves into thinking guys with degrees from harvard and a 500 million dollar net-worth are somehow "anti-elite" because they launder white nationalist propaganda.

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No significant figure in American politics in the last 30 years has been a white nationalist lmao

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I'm not sure what you think this means. Tucker absolutely launders white nationalist propaganda, it isn't even subtle and he has a long and well documented history of doing so.

The white nationalists even know it, mainstream figures in the white nationalist movement have praised him for laundering their propaganda to the masses.

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Not what I said but lol

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What you said had no relevance to anything I said, and it was wrong.

Steve King for example had fairly strong support in the GOP.

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Nobody cares, Pizza. And Steve King is a nobody.

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That's what I thought.

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Disunited elites is how most societal disruptions or revolutions happen, I think. "Anti-elite" is of course not perceived as against the centi-millionaires and billionaires who you've never heard of, but the professional-managerial class that visibly, smugly, loudly keeps making your life worse.

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Stupidpol was a sub I used pretty often until I was banned for dunking a mod in an argument over corn production.

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The whole argument started when I asked them to explain to me how material producing industries that employ some 200k people were more important and valuable than the consuming industries, this somehow led to Mexican corn production and they insisted countries like Mexico shouldn't be allowed to import corn etc because it "hurts local farmers."

I pointed out that driving food costs up for poor people is bad and this triggered them.

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Rightoids have been kicked out of 109 subs and counting on reddit. They have cuckservative and pcm, it spilled over into stupidpol :tayshrug:

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Pcm rightoids seem to be more hesitant, still semi contained by all the other r-slurs.

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The sub that examines identity politics from through a Marxist-Leninist lense turns into a rightoid shithole?

Im an r-slur but if someone whipped up a bunch of illiterate peasants with promises of forging a stateless workers utopia, then instead went on to become one of the most authoritarian dystopias in human history.

Gee, wonder what possible connection there is.


The time has come for the Necromaster. The unleashing of the fourth joker's card. The arrival of The Great Milenko

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I found it cause it was anti-identity politics while I'm not pro left or right. I never cared about the actual political theory.

I guess once you shut down all the other subs like that people have to go somewhere and it's either stupidpol or hang out with the r-slurs of r/tumberinaction.

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Why would you go to stupidpol for anything other than the trainsposting?

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As a leftoid i think it’s fine to bring conservatives over, although at some point you have to break free

Btw social conservative fiscally marxist is a common position outside of the west so I’m not really concerned about them complaining about immigration or whatever

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Leftoid, rightoid, stupidpol was always shit, you're just only now seeing it.

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Idk that someone that believes blacks are too stupid to obtain an ID should be criticizing stupidpol users

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Vote if you want me to prove kat bot an r-slur.

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I was just gonna honestly give you props, they are too stupid to get ids, but also too poor

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You're r-slurred because the voter suppression isn't effective. It's been repeatedly proven in court the GOP is doing this.

Which means the GOP thinks they're too stupid to get IDs (incorrectly).)

This doesn't change the fact it is blatantly, irrefutably, and objectively racial voter suppression attempts.

We can have this argument if you want and I will dismantle your r-slurred butt. And unlike groomercord you can't easily change the topic here.

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So the gop voter suppression techniques that cause blacks to be too stupid to get ids is why the democrats use this reasoning to block any reform to the laws that would require id to vote? The gop truly is dastardly

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A) they're blocked because the intent is blatantly racist.

B) dems have offered national voter ID 3x.

Republicans block it because it's not about election security, they don't want to lose a talking point morons like you find appealing.

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The gop truly is maniacal! You have the salon article source so I can pwn my rightoid fam?

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You can take your ban and bang yourself in the butt with it. Go ahead and pretend it's me tearing up your ugly starfish. Banning me is a chicken shit move. Enjoy life living in fear. I don't if I've ever made post in your sub. You people are a joke. I've already spanked a few of you and I didn't bother rubbing it in your faces because I'm a nice guy. My work is done on Reddit. I just got paid. No run along and dry each others tears. I've already won

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